Rochester Raiders

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Rochester Raiders
Established 2006
Folded 2014
Played in
Bill Gray's Regional Iceplex
League/conference affiliations
Great Lakes/Continental Indoor Football League (2006–2008)
  • Atlantic Division (2007)
  • Atlantic Conference (2008)
    • West Division (2008)

Indoor Football League (2009–2010)

  • United Conference (2009)
    • Atlantic Division (2009)
    • Atlantic East Division (2010)
American Indoor Football (2014)
Current uniform
Team colorsSilver, Black
   
CheerleadersRochester Raiderettes
Personnel
Head coachJeff Cooper (2006-2010) Mark Thurston (2014
Team history
  • Rochester Raiders (2006–2010, 2014)
Championships
League championships (1)
Conference championships (0)
Division championships (1)
Playoff appearances (6)
Home arena(s)
  • ESL Sports Centre
    (2006)
  • Main Street Armory (2007–2008)
  • Dome Arena
    (2009–2010)
  • Marina Auto Stadium
    (2010)
  • Bill Gray's Regional Iceplex
    (2014)

The Rochester Raiders were a professional

American Indoor Football Association for two exhibition matches in 2008. In 2014, the Raiders came back and played as a member of American Indoor Football
(AIF).

The Raiders played in the CIFL championship game twice, both times against the

Port Huron / Michigan Pirates. They lost to Port Huron in 2006 but defeated Michigan in 2007. Rochester finished the 2008 regular season undefeated at 12–0; however, the team resigned after their final regular season opponent, the Flint Phantoms
, did not show for the game and forfeited.

History

2006

The Rochester Raiders were founded in 2006 as a charter member of the newly created

Time Warner Cable SportsNet
.

The Raiders' first home venue was the

Great Lakes Bowl I, the GLIFL championship game. After the season, the Raiders moved from the 2,500-seat ESL Sports Centre to the 5,000-seat Main Street Armory
in downtown Rochester.

2006 GLIFL standings

2006 Great Lakes Indoor Football League
Team W L T PCT
Port Huron Pirates-y 10 0 0 1.000
Rochester Raiders-x 7 3 0 .700
Lehigh Valley Outlawz-x 5 5 0 .500
Battle Creek Crunch-x 4 6 0 .400
Marion Mayhem 4 6 0 .400
New York/New Jersey Revolution 0 10 0 .000

2007

In 2007, ultimately the Raiders' only season in the Armory, they finished the regular season with a 10–2 record under new head coach Eddie Long, good for first in the Atlantic Division. In the playoffs, Rochester won the CIFL championship by defeating the previously-unbeaten

CIFL Indoor Championship Game on July 28, 2007. Mike Condello was named the game's Most Valuable Player. The game was held at the Blue Cross Arena (a venue with roughly double the capacity of the Main Street Armory) due to a pro wrestling show which was being held at The Armory. The Raiders moved to the Blue Cross Arena full-time beginning with the 2008 season.[1]

Date Opponent Home/Away Result
March 17
Port Huron Pirates
 Home Lost 30-62
March 24 New England Surge Home Won 77-40
March 30
Port Huron Pirates
 Away Lost 13-60
April 14 Lehigh Valley Outlawz Away Won 63-25
April 21 Chesapeake Tide Away Won 89-49
April 28 Chesapeake Tide Home Won 52-16
May 5 Chicago Slaughter Away Won 49-40
May 19
New York/New Jersey Revolution
 Home Won 62-0
May 26 Lehigh Valley Outlawz Home Won 77-49
June 2 Steubenville Stampede Home Won 81-6
June 9
New York/New Jersey Revolution
 Away Won 56-21
June 16 New England Surge Away Won 49-40
July 7 Chesapeake Tide (Playoffs) Home Won 76-43
July 14 New England Surge (Playoffs) Home Won 80-45
July 28
CIFL Indoor Championship Game
) 		Home (BCA) Won 37-27

2007 CIFL standings

2007 Continental Indoor Football League
Team Overall Division
W L T PCT W L T PCT
Great Lakes Conference
Michigan Pirates
-y		 12 0 0 1.000 10 0 0 1.000
Kalamazoo Xplosion-x 10 2 0 .833 10 2 0 .833
Chicago Slaughter-x 9 3 0 .750 8 2 0 .800
Marion Mayhem-x 6 6 0 .500 6 5 0 .545
Muskegon Thunder-x 4 8 0 .333 4 7 0 .364
Miami Valley Silverbacks 4 8 0 .333 3 7 0 .300
Summit County Rumble 1 11 0 .083 0 7 0 .000
Springfield Stallions 0 12 0 .000 0 11 0 .000
Atlantic Conference
Rochester Raiders-y 10 2 0 .833 90 0 0 1.000
New England Surge-x 8 4 0 .667 8 3 0 .727
Lehigh Valley Outlawz-x 7 5 0 .583 5 5 0 .500
Chesapeake Tide-x 7 5 0 .583 6 5 0 .545
Steubenville Stampede 5 7 0 .417 2 6 0 .250
NY/NJ Revolution 1 11 0 .083 0 11 0 .000

2008

Rochester kept most of its championship-caliber core together, re-signing quarterbacks Mike Mikolaichik, Matt Cottingem, and Omar Baker; running backs Jamil Porter and Dee Glanton; wide receivers Maurice Jackson, Chris Carter, Noah Fahrenbauch, and Derrick Dyer; offensive linemen Mike Kallfeltz and Eric Jendryaszek; linebackers Jason Coley and James Vann; defensive linemen Mike Condello, Terrence Dawson, Steve Marriott, and Tom Parks; defensive backs Chris Shaw, Darius Smith, Makis Whitaker, and Jeff Richardson; and kicker Adam Lanctot. The team also added tight end / defensive end TJ Cottrell (son of

Miami Valley
) by way of free agency.

The mix of holdovers from the 2007 club with players from free agency proved to be a winning combination as the team was wildly successful in 2008. They finished the regular season undefeated (12–0; 11–0 in contested games) and won their second straight division title (but first in the Atlantic West Division). However, the Raiders withdrew from the CIFL playoffs on June 8, 2008, after the

American Indoor Football Association, and played two exhibition matches there, but then announced a move to the Indoor Football League
instead.

Date Opponent Home/Away Result
March 21 Chesapeake Tide Away Won 43-36[3]
March 29 Lehigh Valley Outlawz Home Won 49-27[4]
April 5 Marion Mayhem Away Won 52-19[5]
April 12 New Jersey Revolution Home Won 49-3[6]
April 19 Saginaw Sting Home Won 59-43[7]
April 26 New Jersey Revolution Away Won 59-16[8]
May 3 New England Surge Home Won 62-20
May 10 Lehigh Valley Outlawz Away Won 45-26
May 17 Chesapeake Tide Home Won 58-13
May 24 Flint Phantoms Away Won 35-12[9]
May 31 New England Surge Away Won 52-25
June 8 Flint Phantoms Home Won Forfeit[10]

2008 CIFL standings

2008 Continental Indoor Football League
Team Overall Division
W L T PCT W L T PCT
Great Lakes Conference
East Division
Kalamazoo Xplosion-y 11 1 0 .917 5 1 0 .833
Muskegon Thunder-x 5 7 0 .417 2 2 0 .500
Fort Wayne Freedom 5 7 0 .417 2 4 0 .333
Miami Valley Silverbacks 3 9 0 .250 1 2 0 .333
West Division
Chicago Slaughter-y 8 4 0 .667 3 1 0 .750
Rock River Raptors-x 7 5 0 .583 3 1 0 .750
Milwaukee Bonecrushers 1 11 0 .083 0 4 0 .000
Atlantic Conference
East Division
New England Surge-y 8 3 0 .727 5 1 0 .833
Lehigh Valley Outlawz-x 7 5 0 .583 4 2 0 .667
New Jersey Revolution 3 9 0 .250 2 5 0 .286
Chesapeake Tide 2 10 0 .583 0 2 0 .000
West Division
Rochester Raiders-z 12 0 0 1.000 4 0 0 1.000
Saginaw Sting-y 10 2 0 .833 3 1 0 .750
Marion Mayhem-x 7 5 0 .583 0 2 0 .000
Flint Phantoms 1 11 0 .083 0 4 0 .000

2009

In December 2009, Rochester businessman Bob Bartosiewicz sold his majority share in the team to minority owner and team founder Dave McCarthy; Bartosiewicz, who had backed out of a plan to bring an

Dome Arena
in Henrietta, which has 2,164 seats—the lowest seating capacity of any IFL team, and lower than the previous arenas they used in the GLIFL and CIFL.

2010

Main article: 2010 Rochester Raiders season

On April 23, 2010, McCarthy announced that he was looking to sell part of the team.

Marina Auto Stadium
. The Raiders won that game 43-36.

2011

In November 2010, the Rochester Raiders announced its cessation of operations.

Professional indoor football would return to the city in 2013, with the announcement of the independent Roc City Thunder taking up residence in the city.

2014

For the 2014 season the Rochester Raiders began play in the American Indoor Football League. After initially announcing plans to return to the Main Street Armory, a scheduling issue prompted the team to instead return to Bill Gray's.

The Raiders suspended operations after the 2014 season with the intent of returning in 2016. The Raiders never returned and a new team called the Rochester Kings would start play in 2017.

Season-by-season record

Season records
Season W L T Finish Playoff results
Rochester Raiders (GLIFL)
2006 8 4 0 2nd League Won Semifinal (
Great Lakes Bowl I (Port Huron
)
Rochester Raiders (CIFL)
2007 10 2 0 1st Atlantic Won AD Semifinal (
Michigan
)
2008 12 0 0 1st Atlantic West Quit league
Rochester Raiders (IFL)
2009 10 4 0 2nd United Atlantic Lost Divisionals I (
River City
)
2010 9 5 0 2nd Atlantic East Won Round 1 (Richmond)
Lost Conference Semi-Final (Wichita)
Rochester Raiders (AIF)
2014 4 4 0 3rd AIF League Lost Round 1 (Baltimore Mariners)
Totals 58 23 0 (including playoffs)

Notable players

Mark Rypien (2006)

Current roster

Rochester Raiders roster
Quarterbacks
  • Currently vacant

Running backs

  • Currently vacant

Wide receivers

  • Currently vacant
 Offensive linemen
  • Currently vacant

Defensive linemen

  • Currently vacant
 Linebackers
  • Currently vacant

Defensive backs

  • Currently vacant

Kickers

  • Currently vacant
 Injured Reserve
  • Currently vacant

Exempt List

  • Currently vacant
  • Rookies in italics
  • Roster updated October 21, 2014
  • 0 Active, 0 Inactive

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Current staff

  • Head coach: Mark Thurston
  • Assistant coaches: Eddie Long

References

  1. ^ "Raiders Move to Blue Cross Arena". R News. Time Warner Cable. November 19, 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2008. [dead link]
  2. ^ "Rochester Raiders To Withdraw From CIFL". Our Sports Central.com. June 8, 2008. Retrieved September 22, 2008.
  3. Gannett Company. March 21, 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-28.[dead link
    ]
  4. Gannett Company. Archived from the original
    on January 13, 2016. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
  5. Gannett Company
    . Retrieved 2008-04-23.Archived 2008-04-23
  6. Gannett Company. Retrieved 2008-04-28.[dead link
    ]
  7. Booth Newspapers. 2008-04-20. Archived from the original
    (xml) on 2012-09-09. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
  8. Gannett Company. 2008-04-27. Archived from the original
    (xml) on January 13, 2016. Retrieved 2008-04-29.
  9. Booth Newspapers. Archived from the original
    on 2012-09-03. Retrieved 2008-06-06.
  10. Booth Newspapers. Archived from the original
    on 2008-06-10. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
  11. ^ Petro, Mike (2023-02-23). "Would an Arena Football League team ever work again in Buffalo?". The Buffalo News. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  12. ^ Thomas Adams (April 23, 2010). "Raiders owner looks to sell team". www.rbj.net. Rochester Business Journal. Archived from the original on 2016-08-11. Retrieved July 25, 2016.

External links

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